The Early Norman Castles of the British IslesJohn Murray, 1912 - 408 pages Some portions of this book have already appeared in print. The rest of the work is entirely new. No serious attempt had been made to ascertain the exact nature of Saxon and Danish fortifications by a comparison of the existing remains with the historical records which have come down to us, until the publication of Mr Allcroft's valuable book on Earthwork of England. The chapters on Saxon and Danish earthworks in the present volume were written before the appearance of his book, though the results arrived at are only slightly different. |
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Page 89
... bailey was so absolutely necessary to a residential castle , in order to find room for the stables , lodgings ... baileys were probably outposts dependent on some more im- portant castle . " " Lambert of Ardres , the panegyrist of the ...
... bailey was so absolutely necessary to a residential castle , in order to find room for the stables , lodgings ... baileys were probably outposts dependent on some more im- portant castle . " " Lambert of Ardres , the panegyrist of the ...
Page 92
... bailey , a word for which Skeat suggests the Latin baculus , a stick , as a possible though very doubtful ancestor . The wooden wall which sur- rounded this court was the palum , pelum , or palitium of the documents , a word which Mr ...
... bailey , a word for which Skeat suggests the Latin baculus , a stick , as a possible though very doubtful ancestor . The wooden wall which sur- rounded this court was the palum , pelum , or palitium of the documents , a word which Mr ...
Page 105
... bailey are chiefly of the time of Edward III . , but the bailey walls have some Norman buttresses , and are probably of the same date as the keep.1 This bailey is nearly square , and the motte , which is in one corner , encroaches upon ...
... bailey are chiefly of the time of Edward III . , but the bailey walls have some Norman buttresses , and are probably of the same date as the keep.1 This bailey is nearly square , and the motte , which is in one corner , encroaches upon ...
Page 106
... bailey of 2 acres , surrounded not only with the usual ditch and banks , but with a second ditch outside the counterscarp bank , which encircles both motte and bailey . At two important points in its line , this counter- scarp bank is ...
... bailey of 2 acres , surrounded not only with the usual ditch and banks , but with a second ditch outside the counterscarp bank , which encircles both motte and bailey . At two important points in its line , this counter- scarp bank is ...
Page 108
... bailey , also defended by a wet ditch , which broadens out at the S.W. corner into St. Peter's Pool . There is another enclosure beyond this which may be of later date . The inner bailey covers 3 acres . Very little is now left of the ...
... bailey , also defended by a wet ditch , which broadens out at the S.W. corner into St. Peter's Pool . There is another enclosure beyond this which may be of later date . The inner bailey covers 3 acres . Very little is now left of the ...
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